Artist Statement

Artist Statement

Cathy Wang

Most babies learn how to walk at the time about 14 or 15 months old, then they will never stop. Movement was one of my biggest subject, but then I realized, why am I capturing about the things that make me feel nervous? Motion is a good element to contain in videos. However, when I see too much movements, such as human legs, cars, trains, airplanes and rolling advertisement screens, that are keep going on and on, it makes me feel uncomfortable. Researchers found out that people will be happier when they spent 2 hours in the nature each week, but living in the city (especially New York City) there is no way to be in the nature for 2 hours each week. For me, the solution for be happier is when I spent my time to observe different types of architectures, which is one of the advantages for living in the New York City.

Undoubtedly, New York City has many remarkable buildings and architectures. As a photographer, I want to capture the patterns and shapes through my unique perspective and to use film to combine the movement and the still architectures. For me, movements stand for time, and when I am observing an architecture, I intent to slow myself down. I like to play with the light and shadow and only capture parts of the architectures. By connect them with movements, I can show the differences between motion and stillness in an abstract way.